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Profile of Asin
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26th October 1981 |
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Cochin, India |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Asin is a Pinoy rock and folk rock band from the Philippines. They were formed during the 1970s and originally known as Salt of the Earth from the song of Joan Baez, but later Filipinized their name into "Asin", which means salt in Filipino language.
Members
- Pendong Aban - later formed the group Ang Grupong Pendong
- Lolita Carbon
- Saro Bañares - who was murdered in 1993 after a bar brawl in Cotabato
- Mike Pillora
History
After fronting rock and roll bands during her teens, Lolita Carbon met Cesar "Saro" Bañares, Mike Pillora and Pendong Aban Jr. in Kola House, a folk rock club, and then decided to form their own musical group, naming it Salt of the Earth.
They had signed a major record label and renamed their band to Asin after a record producer was searching for a "female" Freddie Aguilar, taking advantage of the Filipino folk rock boom during the late 1970s. Their eponymous 1978 debut album includes a cover of Freddie Aguilar's "Anak" and the rest are all original works.
Some of their popular songs include the enviromental song "Masdan Mo Ang Kapaligiran", "Ang Bayan Kong Sinilingan", "Pagbabalik" and "Balita". According to Pendong Aban who grew up in Butuan City, most of their songs were based on the experiences in Mindanao. Because of too much illegal logging and violence in their homeland, they wrote lyrics that hoped for peace and a better environment in Mindanao.
In 1993, Saro Bañares was murdered in a bar brawl in Cotabato that made the group to part ways. Aban had his band Ang Grupong Pendong while Carbon gone solo. Later in 2000, they decided to reunite but Pillora backed out later, although Pillora had his blessings on the new album that Carbon and Aban would release. The record album Pag-ibig, Pagbabago, Pagpapatuloy, the first Asin album after 12 years, features unreleased materials of the late Bañares.
Reference to Asin
The Tagalog lyrics of Black Eyed Peas' "The Apl Song" is based on "Balita", one of Asin's song. "The Apl Song" tells about the hardships of Allen Pineda, member of the Black Eyed Peas, that he experienced during his childhood in Pampanga. He choosed "Balita" because he grew up listening to Asin.
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